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The mushers start off with 16 sled dogs.

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Dog sledding has been around for over 1,000 years

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The Iditarod prize for 2015 was a new pick up truck and $69,000.

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Velvet and Snickers set the Iditarod speed record in 2011.

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the dogs barks is a alert

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The Iditarod was covered by film crews around the world.

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The teams in the iditarod cross a wide tundra,a steep mountain range,an icy river,and a frozen sea

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Every part of the team in the Iditarod is a important part of the race without them it will fail.

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Tracker are placed under the dog's skin in case they get injured.

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Joe Runyan won the Iditarod in 1989.

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Mushers wear a short rope to prevent them from falling off their sled, and being left behind. If there was a rope how come one of the 2019 Iditarod contestants fell off their sled, and lost their dogs.

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Susan Butcher beat the record for the Iditarod in 1988.

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Harris Dunlap has been racing for 25 years and has one hundreds of Sprint Races.

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Today, the Iditarod race starts with a Ceremony in downtown Anchorage . the trail follows s modern roads as far Knik 50 miles 80 Kilometers north.

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The Iditarod has grown over the last 30 years. more than 250,000 people have came to watch this race every year.

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The first two dogs are usually the leaders and the ones that have to do most of the pulling. Most dogs are crosses between huskies and other breeds.

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The requirement for equipment is a sleeping bag, ax, snowshoes, and food for mushers and dogs

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February 1984, was the first Yukon Quest.

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Joe Redington had two reasons for organizing the long distance Iditarod race. to save sled dog culture and Alaskan huskies which are becoming extinct due to the intro of snow mobiles in Alaska. To preserve the historical Iditarod trail between seward and Nome.

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The Eskimo ice cream is made of reindeer fat or tallow or it can be made from moose fat.

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A 15 inch pizza was $15 and 19 inch pizzas $32.

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Akutaq is normally given to cheechakos as a welcoming snack.

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Dhara 
Fronteir flying service , an intrastate airline, volunteered last year to fly the pizza at no charge to every  village on its regualr flight schedule out of Nome.

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Dhara 
Fronteir flying service , an intrastate airline, volunteered last year to fly the pizza at no charge to every  village on its regualr flight schedule out of Nome.

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the native  people have a distinct version of  ice cream

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the native  people have a distinct version of  ice cream

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Jai'lena rogers

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The fastest Iditarod run is 9 hours, 58 minuets, by Doug Swingley.

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The Yukon quest was different from the Iditerod  because the iditerod had 21 checkpoints but the Yukon quest only has 20-another thing is that the recent amount of mushers. Yukon quest- 30 Iditerod-80

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A tradition that Alaskan's have is welcoming newcomer's with acutuk which is the Alaskan's version of ice cream .

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A 24 hour rest/layover is a  rule of the race

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Joe Redington delivered the serum needed to cure diphtheria to the city of Nome, Alaska. Every year from then on, the Iditarod is held through the route that Joe took, honoring him.

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In 2006 Alaska had a population of 3,500 so they ordered 50 airport pizzas

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Ciara W.
 European explorers, Trappers, Hunters, and traders spread North and West across the region from the 1700's onward.

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Ciara W.
 European explorers, Trappers, Hunters, and traders spread North and West across the region from the 1700's onward.

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Togo was a dog related to the Iditarod he helped seppala get through the stormy snow and get the serum

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The eskimo people made there own ice cream that is now made for celebration

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Ciara W.
The first ran organized long-distance sled-dog race was the All-Alaska Sweepstakes.
It was ran each year until 1917

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Ciara W.
The first ran organized long-distance sled-dog race was the All-Alaska Sweepstakes.
It was ran each year until 1917

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 Dallas Seavey won at the age of 25. He was the youngest man to win the Iditarod.

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 Dallas Seavey won at the age of 25. He was the youngest man to win the Iditarod.

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In the Iditarod, winners get a 50,000 dollar check and a silver bowl.

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Inuit people live in Alaska,Canada,Siberia,and Greenland. There homes where made of wood and mud. There clothes are made of animal skin. They ate seals,walruses,and blow head whales.

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 Dallas Seavey came from a family of successful mushers. Cloe Jefcoat

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 Dallas Seavey came from a family of successful mushers. Cloe Jefcoat

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The peperation takes about 1 year for all the prepreation.

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The dogs and people have to have good comunication and teamwork.

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Joe Redington is known as the "Father of the Iditarod."

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The average tempacher for the iditarod is about -13 degrees.

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The Iditarod trall has many stumps and trees in the path.

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Mushers spend an entire year getting ready and raising enough money needed to get to Nome. A musher has to plan the equipment and feeding needs for up to three weeks on the trail. He also has to train by running hundreds of hours and miles with his team to be prepared for the Iditarod.

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Reindeer fat, tallow, seal oil, snow, rain, berries, and ground fish are some ingredients for akutaq. The ingredients are whipped to the desired fluffiness.

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In Alaska people think sharing food with family makes it taste better and is an important link to their heritage.

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Each team must have an artic parka,a sleeping bag, snowshoes, musher and dog food and dog boots.

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The first Iditarod was in 1972.

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During the gold rush, miners used dogs to carry their supplies

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The iditarod  was created in 1973.

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in Alaska pizza is a treat for the Alaskans -JACK

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It took about 5 days to get to the medicine.

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Competitors have to be over 18 years old to participate.

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The temperature during the race can reach negative 83 degrees fahrenheit in some places

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The race alternates between two trails. One is from Cripple, to Ruby, to Galena, and the other is from Iditarod, Shageluk, to Anvik.

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Some common sled dog breeds are Samoyed's,Alaskan husky's,Siberian husky's, and Malamute.

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"The Last Great Race" alternates between two trails. One from Cripple, to Ruby, all the way to Galena, and one from Iditarod, Sha

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Huskies work well with other dogs

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The Iditarod is from Anchorage to the Western Bering Sea in Nome.

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Ciara W.
The 2012 Iditarod was 975 miles.

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Ciara W.
The 2012 Iditarod was 975 miles.

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Dallas Seavey won the 2012 Iditarod.

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Dallas had warmed up for Iditarod by running 1,000 mile race, the Yukon Ouest. Run before the Iditarod, it takes place in the winter and goes from Fairbanks,Alaska to Whitehorse,Yukon,in Canada

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Mushers spend an entrie year getting ready and rasing the money needed to get to Nome

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Several of Susan Butchers dogs died because of Moose. But in 1986-1919 she won 4 races.

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Dick Mackey beat swenson by a second in the iditarot.

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About 40% of pizza business comes from villages that get their supplies by plane through Nome the Regions hub-city Tomter said.

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In 2005 Dallas was the youngest person to ever finish the race.

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Ciara W. 
The 2 dogs in the front are the lead dogs.

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Ciara W. 
The 2 dogs in the front are the lead dogs.

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Libby Riddles was the first woman to win the iditarot in 1985

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More than a dozen other remote villages spread over region about size of washington state

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Ciara W.
Some dog sleding teams have 20 dogs.

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Ciara W.
Some dog sleding teams have 20 dogs.

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Dick Mackey beat Rick Swenson by one second in 1978

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The fastest Iditarod finish was 8 days 22 hours 46 minutes and 2 seconds.

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There are certain pieces of equipment each team must have- an arctic parka, a heavy sleeping bag, an ax, snowshoes, musher food,dog food,and boots for each dog so they do not get hurt

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The pizzeria managed to get garlic, red and green peppers, sun-dried tomatoes, and feta cheese which are ingredients that aren't native to this area.

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40% of Airport Pizza's business comes from villages that use via plane delivery to get their pizza.

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Redington had two reasons to organize the Iditarod: to save the sled dog culture and Alaskan huskies, which were being phased out of existence due to the introduction of snowmobiles in Alaska, and to preserve the historical Iditarod Trail between Seward and Nome.

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Delivery of three or four pizza's normally cost a village $25.00

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At first the iditarot was a 11 mile race so first they would start at Anchorage to leave the highway land to reach there goal which is Yentna station.

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Racing Sled Dogs is an original North American sport. - Ciara W.

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Racing Sled Dogs is an original North American sport. - Ciara W.

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Redington had two reasons for organizing the long distance  Iditarod race, to save the sled dog culture and, the Alaskan huskies, which were being phased out of existence due to the snow mobile.

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The race route is alternated each year

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At age 25 Dallas was the youngest man to win the Iditarod.

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Hike:get going Gee: turn right Haw: turn left Easy:slow down Whoa: stop

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people in Alaska give eskimo ice cream to cheechakos or newcomers to Alaska. -Cloe Jeffcoat

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people in Alaska give eskimo ice cream to cheechakos or newcomers to Alaska. -Cloe Jeffcoat

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Mushers say different words to do different things.

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In the winter they pull dog sleds.In the summer they pull a cart on wheels. - Elise m

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It had its beginning as a mail and supply route.-Dhara Patel

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Mushers have to go through jagged mountains, frozen rivers, dense forests, desolate tundra, miles of windswept coast, temperatures far below zero, strong winds and blizzards, long hours of darkness, treacherous climbs, side hills, and hazards of overflow. - Daniel Estrada

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In 1925, part of the Iditarod trail became a life saving highway.-Dhara Patel